He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.
Source: tatoeba (1938)
Ability
//əˈbɪl.ə.ti//
Synonyms for "ability" (166 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
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preparednessproficiencyprowessqualificationquicknessreadinessrecourserecoursesresortresortsresourceresourcefulnessresourcesripenesssavoir-fairesavvyseamanshipseasoningskilfulnessskillskillfulnessspecialitystockstrong flairstrong pointstylesufficiencysuitabilitysuitablenesssuitednesssupplysusceptibilitytacttactfulnesstalentstechnical brilliancetechnical masterytechnical skilltechniquetemperingththe goodsthe stufftimingtouchtricktrimusevirtuositywaywaysways and meanswhat it takeswherewithwherewithalwitwizardryworkmanship
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
69 entriesShowing 16 of 69 words.
Translations
201 translations across 77 languages.
Afar
1 entries- dudda noun (quality or state of being able)
Afrikaans
4 entries- bekwaamheid noun (a skill or competence)
- knapheid noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- talente noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- vermoë noun (quality or state of being able)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δύναμις noun (quality or state of being able)
Arabic
4 entries- إستطاعة noun (quality or state of being able)
- اِسْتِطَاعَة noun (quality or state of being able)
- قدرة noun (quality or state of being able)
- قُدْرَة noun (quality or state of being able)
Armenian
3 entries- ընդունակություն noun (a skill or competence)
- կարողություն noun (quality or state of being able)
- հնարավորություն noun (quality or state of being able)
Asturian
2 entries- capacidá noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidá noun (quality or state of being able)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bacarıq noun (quality or state of being able)
- bacarıq noun (a skill or competence)
- qabiliyyət noun (a skill or competence)
Bashkir
1 entries- һәләт noun (quality or state of being able)
Basque
3 entries- abilezia noun (quality or state of being able)
- gaitasun noun (quality or state of being able)
- trebetasun noun (quality or state of being able)
Belarusian
2 entries- здо́льнасць noun (quality or state of being able)
- здо́льнасць noun (a skill or competence)
Bengali
2 entries- কুদরত noun (quality or state of being able)
- ক্ষমতা noun (quality or state of being able)
Bikol Central
1 entries- urag noun (quality or state of being able)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вещина́ noun (quality or state of being able)
- да́рба noun (a skill or competence)
- кадърност noun (quality or state of being able)
- ло́вкост noun (quality or state of being able)
Catalan
2 entries- capacitat noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilitat noun (quality or state of being able)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- دەرەقەت noun (quality or state of being able)
- لەدەس ھاتن noun (quality or state of being able)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 能力 noun (quality or state of being able)
Cornish
1 entries- gallos noun (quality or state of being able)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qabiliyet noun (a skill or competence)
Czech
1 entries- schopnost noun (quality or state of being able)
Danish
1 entries- evne noun (quality or state of being able)
Dutch
4 entries- begaafdheid noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- bekwaamheid noun (a skill or competence)
- geschiktheid noun (suitability or receptiveness to be acted on)
- talent noun (a high level of capability or skill)
Esperanto
2 entries- kapablo noun (a skill or competence)
- povo noun (quality or state of being able)
Estonian
2 entries- oskus noun (quality or state of being able)
- võime noun (quality or state of being able)
Finnish
4 entries- kyky noun (quality or state of being able)
- kyky noun (a skill or competence)
- kyky noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- kyvykkyys noun (quality or state of being able)
French
3 entries- capacité noun (quality or state of being able)
- habileté noun (quality or state of being able)
- pouvoir noun (quality or state of being able)
Galician
4 entries- capacidade noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidade noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidade noun (a skill or competence)
- habilidade noun (a high level of capability or skill)
Georgian
2 entries- უნარი noun (quality or state of being able)
- შესაძლებლობა noun (quality or state of being able)
German
1 entries- Fähigkeit noun (quality or state of being able)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (quality or state of being able)
Greek
4 entries- επιδεξιότητα noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- ευφυία noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- ικανότητα noun (quality or state of being able)
- ικανότητα noun (a skill or competence)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- abilite noun (a skill or competence)
Hebrew
1 entries- יכולת noun (quality or state of being able)
Hindi
4 entries- कुशल noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- कौशल noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- क्षमता noun (quality or state of being able)
- योग्यता noun (quality or state of being able)
Hungarian
1 entries- képesség noun (quality or state of being able)
Indonesian
3 entries- kemampuan noun (quality or state of being able)
- kepandaian noun (quality or state of being able)
- kesanggupan noun (quality or state of being able)
Irish
2 entries- cumas noun (quality or state of being able)
- ábaltacht noun (quality or state of being able)
Italian
3 entries- abilità noun (quality or state of being able)
- abilità noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- capacità noun (a skill or competence)
Japanese
3 entries- 才能 noun (a skill or competence)
- 能力 noun (quality or state of being able)
- 能力 noun (a skill or competence)
Khmer
2 entries- លទ្ធភាព noun (quality or state of being able)
- សមត្ថភាព noun (quality or state of being able)
Korean
1 entries- 능력 noun (quality or state of being able)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мүмкүнчүлүк noun (quality or state of being able)
Lakota
3 entries- uŋspé noun (a skill or competence)
- wičhóokihi noun (quality or state of being able)
- wóokihi noun (quality or state of being able)
Latin
4 entries- ars noun (quality or state of being able)
- calliditas noun (quality or state of being able)
- facultās noun (a skill or competence)
- habilitas noun (quality or state of being able)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gebėjimas noun (quality or state of being able)
Macedonian
1 entries- способност noun (quality or state of being able)
Malay
1 entries- kebolehan کبوليهن noun (quality or state of being able)
Maltese
1 entries- abilità noun (quality or state of being able)
Manx
1 entries- jargaght noun (quality or state of being able)
Mongolian
1 entries- чадвар noun (a skill or competence)
Māori
4 entries- kaha noun (a skill or competence)
- āheinga noun (a skill or competence)
- āheitanga noun (quality or state of being able)
- āheitanga noun (a skill or competence)
Norwegian
1 entries- evne noun (quality or state of being able)
Occitan
2 entries- abiletat noun (quality or state of being able)
- capacitat noun (quality or state of being able)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صنعت noun (a skill or competence)
- هنر noun (a skill or competence)
Persian
2 entries- توان noun (quality or state of being able)
- توانایی noun (quality or state of being able)
Polish
1 entries- zdolność noun (quality or state of being able)
Portuguese
4 entries- capacidade noun (quality or state of being able)
- destreza noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- habilidade noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidade noun (a skill or competence)
Quechua
1 entries- atiy noun (quality or state of being able)
Romagnol
2 entries- abilitê noun (quality or state of being able)
- abilitê noun (a high level of capability or skill)
Romanian
4 entries- abilitate noun (quality or state of being able)
- abilitate noun (a skill or competence)
- abilitate noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- capacitate noun (quality or state of being able)
Russian
4 entries- возмо́жность noun (quality or state of being able)
- спосо́бность noun (quality or state of being able)
- спосо́бность noun (a skill or competence)
- уме́ние noun (a skill or competence)
Scots
1 entries- abeelity noun (quality or state of being able)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- abaltachd noun (quality or state of being able)
- acmhaing noun (quality or state of being able)
- dìorachd noun (quality or state of being able)
- foladh noun (quality or state of being able)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sposóbnōst noun (quality or state of being able)
- vještina noun (a skill or competence)
- вјештина noun (a skill or competence)
- спосо́бно̄ст noun (quality or state of being able)
Slovene
1 entries- zmožnost noun (quality or state of being able)
Spanish
3 entries- capacidad noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidad noun (quality or state of being able)
- habilidad noun (a skill or competence)
Swahili
1 entries- uwezo noun (quality or state of being able)
Swedish
3 entries- färdighet noun (a skill or competence)
- förmåga noun (quality or state of being able)
- förmåga noun (a skill or competence)
Tagalog
3 entries- abilidad noun (a skill or competence)
- abilidad noun (a high level of capability or skill)
- kakayahan noun (quality or state of being able)
Tamil
4 entries- தகுதி noun (a skill or competence)
- திறன் noun (quality or state of being able)
- திறன் noun (a skill or competence)
- திறமை noun (quality or state of being able)
Telugu
2 entries- దక్షత noun (quality or state of being able)
- సత్తా noun (quality or state of being able)
Thai
2 entries- ความสามารถ noun (quality or state of being able)
- ความสามารถ noun (a skill or competence)
Tibetan
1 entries- ནུས་པ noun (quality or state of being able)
Urdu
2 entries- یوگیتا noun (quality or state of being able)
- یوگیتو noun (quality or state of being able)
Vietnamese
1 entries- năng lực noun (quality or state of being able)
Volapük
2 entries- fäg noun (quality or state of being able)
- skil noun (a skill or competence)
Welsh
1 entries- gallu noun (quality or state of being able)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- balet'tak noun (a skill or competence)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
Source: tatoeba (1965)
You will be paid according to your ability.
Source: tatoeba (19526)
Schools are expected to meet the needs of every child, regardless of ability.
Source: tatoeba (21511)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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